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Particle Physics and Reality TV

by Robin Reed

Physicists say that you can’t observe an atom or subatomic particle without changing it. I have begun to wonder, in the cable reality TV shows that I watch, how TV changes its subjects. Is a fur trapper in Alaska in danger when his plane won’t start? What if he has a TV crew with him? Surely they have their own plane and can give him a ride.

The Ghost Hunters were plumbers when the show started, but they haven’t mentioned that for a while. How much does the show pay? Do the American Pickers really need the small profits from each item or is the TV show paying more than their original business ever could?

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There’s a TINY APARTMENT in Comedy Central’s Future

The web as a springboard to the Big Time? Really? Who woulda thunk? All of us at TVWriter™, for a few. We love it when this kind of thing happens.

Comedy Central Picks Up ‘Tiny Apartment’ Pilot Based On Web Series – by Nellie Andreeva

Comedy Central has handed out a pilot order toTiny Apartment, executive produced, written by and starring Jessie Cantrell, Mike O’Gorman and Pat Driscoll. Based on the trio’s Web series of the same name, Tiny Apartment centers around a young couple, Jessie (Cantrell) and Mike (O’Gorman), living in a rundown apartment in New York City. Though their building is not structurally sound, and their eclectic neighbors can often be difficult, they make the best of their situation with a little help from beer, take out, and their best friend, Pat (Driscoll). read article

Silliness Makes DOCTOR WHO Go ‘Round

Can it be? Do people criticize The Doctor for being silly? When that’s what makes him bearable to some, and lovable to so many? Silly critics.

This isn’t silly. It’s smut, I tell you. Smut!

Doctor Who: a celebration of silliness – by Andrew Blair

*This article contains Doctor Who spoilers (and one about the result of the Trojan War).* read article

BLAKE’S 7 Reboot Heading for U.S.? What’s BLAKE’S 7?

Don’t you just hate it when people talk about “cult hits” that you’ve never heard of? It makes us feel so, so…feeb…

Not the cast in the version we’ll see

Blake’s 7 Reboot Coming to U.S. Television? – by Charlie Jane Anders

The British show Blake’s 7 is one of those TV series that has a small cult following — but a huge impact on the history of science fiction television, with its morally gray, arc-based storytelling influencing a whole generation of creators. There’s been talk of a new Blake’s 7 series, either a reboot or a sequel featuring Paul Darrow as Avon, for a decade — but now, there’s a brand new deal to make it happen. On American television.

All the previous notions of reviving Blake’s 7 were supposed to be on British television, probably a satellite TV network. But according to Deadline, Martin Campbell (Casino Royale, Green Lantern) has gotten involved in a bid by Georgeville Television to create a new Blake’s 7 series that reinvents the show from scratch — and Campbell is signed up direct the pilot. The script will be written by Joe Pokaski, who wrote for Heroes. Andrew Sewell, who was behind all the previous attempts to bring the show back, will be on board as an executive producer. read article

Want to Kickstart Your Teleplay or Video? Try This Strategy

Of course, it turns out to be what every salesman has to do in every medium because, dammit, there really aren’t any shortcuts, are there?

How I Launched a Successful Kickstarter Campaign – by Sarah Gilbert

“You can always back out,” a dear friend who had successfully completed a few Kickstarter campaigns told me a few days into my own campaign. “You just have such a short timeline.” read article